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|name | |name = ''Object Auction'' | ||
|main character | |image = Object Auction 27 08.jpg | ||
|setting | |main character = [[J Frinkstein]], [[Jenny Maguire]] | ||
|release date | |setting = [[United Kingdom]], [[2006]] | ||
|writer | |release date = [[2005]] | ||
|publisher | |writer = [[BBC webteam]] | ||
|anthology | |publisher = BBC | ||
|series | |anthology = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website]] | ||
|prev | |series = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction and features]] | ||
|next | |prev = Number Ten (short story) | ||
|series2 | |next = Rose Tyler (short story) | ||
|prev2 | |series2 = ''[[Operations Board (series)|Operations Board]]'' stories | ||
|next2 | |prev2 = Number Ten (short story) | ||
|next2 = Rose Tyler (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Object Auction''''', also called '''''Object Auctioned''''' and prefixed as '''''Operations Board: Object Auction''''' on the story's page, was the fourth ordered short story released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website]] as part of the ''[[Operations Board (series)|Operations Board]]'' series of in-universe, narrative chat logs betwen UNIT personnel. | '''''Object Auction''''', also called '''''Object Auctioned''''' and prefixed as '''''Operations Board: Object Auction''''' on the story's page, was the fourth ordered short story released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website]] as part of the ''[[Operations Board (series)|Operations Board]]'' series of in-universe, narrative chat logs betwen UNIT personnel. | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 30 April 2023
Object Auction, also called Object Auctioned and prefixed as Operations Board: Object Auction on the story's page, was the fourth ordered short story released on the U.N.I.T. website as part of the Operations Board series of in-universe, narrative chat logs betwen UNIT personnel.
This story tied into the television story Dalek, though it was more vague than other stories.
Plot
In an operations board, Sgt J Frinkstein shares that an auction for something called "The Object" has been spotted. He states the the seller and the buyer are currently trying to be identified by UNIT. Major Jenny Maguire replies, expressing that it would be "great" able to aquire it, especially given its reputation, but the price was too expensive for UNIT's budget. She mentions the fact that UNIT's interest always causes the price to climb and she expresses pity for the alien.
Characters
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References
- The auction mentions that The Object is still alive, still unresponsive, and still deadly.
- The P&P is included in the price.
- The Object has been traded around for decades.
Notes
- It is odd that Maguire expresses pity for the unnamed Dalek, given UNIT's history with Daleks.
Continuity
- The Object is the "Metaltron", that passed around from collector to collector for decades. (TV: Dalek, PROSE: Dalek, The Secret Lives of Monsters, et al.)
- UNIT had been tracking the Object, known also as a "Code D", for years. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction)
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